Below you will find some major differences between synchronous video, traditional, online, and hybrid courses. Understanding these differences will help you adjust your teaching strategies, content sequencing, interaction and assessment activities, etc., to provide a successful learning experience for your students.

Short lectures can be recorded to present critical and important concepts. Instructors can promote active learning by engaging students, requiring/promoting interaction and small group activities. Instruction is often more controlled by student interest, and the instructor plays the role of facilitator.

Syllabus, reading, study guides, activities, mini-lectures, assignments, etc., are posted in Blackboard.
Content is presented and shared using various formats: text, images, audio and video.
Synchronous sessions are usually reserved for housekeeping, guidelines, mini-lectures, group activities, group review and feedback.
Combination of linear and non-linear presentation of material.

Getting the right mix requires careful planning and understanding of technology options. Effective hybrid courses require a combination of paced and un-paced, synchronous and asynchronous activities.

Online tools such as threaded discussion (asynchronous) and chat (synchronous) can be used to extend classroom interaction opportunities

Face-to-face interaction is easy to plan, promote, mediate and assess.
Instructors can promote active participation and collaboration, monitor students participation and provide timely feedback. Verbal, non verbal cues and "human contact" are among the advantages of F2F interaction over other delivery modes.
Students have more opportunities for greater interaction and immediate feedback.

Online tools such as threaded discussion (asynchronous) and chat (synchronous) can be used to extend classroom interaction opportunities.

A combination of face-to-face interaction and interaction through online tools such as threaded discussion (asynchronous) and chat (synchronous).